Moscow has cultivated close ties with pro-Russian separatists controlling swathes of the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine but denies being a party to their nearly eight-year war with Ukrainian government forces.
President Vladimir Putin told his Security Council on Monday that Russia should consider recognising the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic in Donbass as independent.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comThe comments come amid mounting Western fears that Russia, which has massed an estimated 150,000 troops near Ukraine's border, is poised to invade.
Senior officials, including the defence minister, also urged Putin to act on Monday. The head of the Federal Security Service said the security situation in the Donbass was worsening and some 70,000 people had been evacuated from the region to Russia. In May 2021, Zelenskiy described Moscow's initiative as a first step towards annexation of the region.A former senior official from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic told Reuters in 2016 that Russia directly finances pensions and public sector salaries in eastern Ukraine's two separatist regions.
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